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==== Europe ====
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Kalvskinnet|Battle of Kalvskinnet]]: Norwegian forces led by King [[Sverre of Norway|Sverre Sigurdsson]] defeat and kill Earl [[Erling Skakke]], outside [[Nidaros]] in [[Norway]]. The battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Henry the Lion]], duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], is put under the ban of the empire when he refuses to appear before Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] ('''Barbarossa''') to answer charges of misgovernment.<ref>William, Hywell (2005). ''Cassell's Chronology of World History''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 127. {{ISBN|0-304-35730-8}}.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] ('''the Conqueror''') is recognized as [[List of Portuguese monarchs|King of Portugal]] by Pope [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]] – bringing [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]] the protection of the [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] against the [[Kingdom of León|Leonese]] monarchy.
* [[Mieszko III the Old|Mieszko III]] ('''the Old'''), duke of [[Greater Poland|Poland]], travels to [[Germany]] and ask Frederick I to offer help in his restoration of the Polish throne. But Frederick demands a payment of 10,000 silver.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; The 14-year-old [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] is crowned at [[Reims|Rheims]] by Archbishop [[William of the White Hands]]. He becomes joint ruler of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]], together with his father King [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]]. 
* King [[William the Lion|William I]] ('''the Lion''') establishes two castles at the [[Beauly Firth]] and the [[Cromarty Firth]] in northern [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. On his return, the city of [[Aberdeen]] is chartered by Wiliam.<ref>Matheson, Alister Farquhar (2014). ''Scotland's Northwest Frontier: A Forgotten British Borderland'', p. 19. Troubador Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN|978-1-78306-442-7}}.</ref>